+++ on the asshats. Not ONLY here in sunny SoCal, but they are DENSE here.
"Dense" is not only funny, it is a legit term used in mathematics when the elements of a set are so close together that they are, basically, everywhere. Azzholes to elbows deep. Continuous.
Plus, as before, it is funny.
+++ on the merging. Every. Day. 45mph is about average, too. Some faster, and every so often...
one nimrod like the guy last night. Right on, right across five lanes, even illegally crossing the double double yellow to occupy the HOV lane. Trifecta at least. I figure these folks are just so simple about their driving that they ALWAYS drive in the number one lane. When they get on the fwy, it just LOOKS ALL WRONG until they are in the right place.
- - - - - - on the Slow Moving Vehicle lane. Turnout is NOT NOT NOT part of the traffic lanes. Read the word. You "turn...out" of the traffic lanes. I mean, I DO, if I am driving something slowly. Actually, it runs pretty close to 50% up here in the mountains. Half pretend not to notice me. I am stoopid patient, and never honk or flash. Sometimes I fume. Half WILL actually hit the turnouts. The really good drivers pull into the turnout, and don't really slow down until they see if I can get by them OK. Which I do, of course. I am gone, and they are right back in the traffic lane, having never lost any speed. Truly a thing of beauty. Those guys get a wave, or four way flashers at night.
ALWAYS thank the considerate and skilled drivers. Who knows...those other drivers may be riding shotgun and they only need a lesson in how to do it.
saxman